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Maine's hotel scene includes a surprising array of accommodation types—given the state's 33,215-square-mile area, there is plenty of room for diversity. Travelers will find enough seaside inns, motels, and B&Bs along the 5,500-mile coastline to dampen any desire to head inland. Among the finest lodgings are Kennebunkport's White Barn Inn, where in true Maine style, there's a 44-foot Hinckley available to charter. The Bar Harbor Inn, near Acadia National Park, is a bit plainer inside, but makes up for that with its views. When you do decide to check out the interior of the state, the Northern Outdoors resort will push you out the door for a day of rafting or snowmobiling and then help you kick your feet up with a pint of house-brewed ale, while the Bethel Inn, near Sunday River, caters to downhill skiers and golfers alike. For those who want to simply relax and watch the sailboats go by or the snow fall, that's fine, too; but remember to book a year in advance, if you can, for summer and winter, or you'll just be watching the "no vacancy" signs light up. Nightly rates range from $80 for a fall-foliage getaway in the mountains (Maine remains less busy than Vermont or New Hampshire for leaf peepers) to $1,500 for a waterfront cottage in July.
Like the varsity athlete who has a good personality and gets straight As, the White Barn Inn is blessed with plenty. The setting near downtown Kennebunkport....more
Okay, so you're not the next Winslow Homer. But you still may be inspired to pick up a paintbrush at the Rock Gardens Inn, which hosts art workshops in the...more
The Portland Harbor Hotel is a trompe l'oeil. Though only built in 2002, it blends seamlessly into the ancient brick buildings and cobblestone streets of the...more
If Persephone—whose statue graces the black-and-white-checked foyer of this Italianate mansion—was queen of the underworld, the Pomegranate Inn...more
Maine has some places so quiet you'd swear you could hear the blueberries growing and the maple syrup flowing. This is not one of them. Northern Outdoors is a...more
Maybe it's because innkeeper Elizabeth Knowlton used to run a fly-fishing lodge in Montana, but the Inn at Bath, along Maine's Midcoast area, is one of the...more
On 60 acres five miles outside preppy Kennebunkport, Hidden Pond has a fantasy summer camp feel, with hand-painted wood signs pointing to a garden where you can...more
Sometimes, all the whale-watching, antique-shopping, ice-cream-slurping hoopla of the Maine coast can create a Calgon moment. That's when you take yourself away...more
Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum—the Captain Lord Mansion sits like a giant ship in downtown Kennebunkport, with a salty crew that tends to its 20,000...more
To the outside world, the Camden Harbour Inn displays all the 19th-century elegance you'd expect to find in one of Maine's most picturesque coastal towns. But...more
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